News
Environment
In Brief: Guidelines for Enterprises Involved in Logging Overseas
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), August 30, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=03de5ad507
2b4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Government
中国官员吃喝玩乐耗掉国家三成收入 (Chinese Officials Waste 30 Percent of State Revenue on Food and Entertainment)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/29/
waste/
Hukou
Gansu to bring in reforms that put farmers on an equal footing
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb3
29d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=317f5ad507
2b4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Human Rights Defenders
中国维权人士澳洲获奖 (Australian NGO Issues Awards to Chinese Human Rights Defenders)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/29/China_
Award/
Human Rights Defender – Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄案挂近一年再送法院 律师指相关法律值得修改 (Guangzhou Court Starts Examining Prosecutor’s New Submissions in Guo Feixiong’s Case)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/29
/guo/
June 4th
China Due to Release Tiananmen Activist After 18 Years
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 30, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/wl_asia_afp/chin
atiananmenpoliticsrightsdissident_070830041444;_ylt=
Al7tgBuylxy5hIHSeHaEmndPzWQA
Land Policy
Shanghai Rent Rules to Hit Poor
Reuters (via the Standard), August 30, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3
&art_id=52377&sid=15148134&con_type=1&d_str=20070830
Media
A Tighter Grip
South China Morning Post, August 29, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fb109095e
3da4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Olympics
China to Check Police Behavior for Olympics
Xinhua (via China Daily), August 29, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-08/29/content_
6066336.htm
北京秘密饲养“奥运猪”受民众质疑 (Public Criticizes Secret Rearing of “Olympic Pigs”)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/29/
olympics_pigs/
Police
连续一百日严查出租房 (Beijing Authorities Inspect Rental Apartments Until Late November)
The Beijing News, August 30, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2007/08-30/011@
287198.htm
Population
Chinese Parents Fight Forced Abortions
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), August 29, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070829/ap_on_re_as/china
_forced_abortion_1;_ylt=Avv3pfOAo_L0Z4xUxUfmLIVPzWQA
Protests and Petitions
北京群体告官非法拘留劳教 曝光诬陷酷刑案例 (Beijing Protestors and Petitioners Tortured While Illegally Detained)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/29/bj/
Public Health
China, Home of 350 Million Smokers, to Ban all Tobacco Promotions by 2011
Associated Press (via the International Herald Tribune), August 29, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/29/asia/AS-GEN-
China-Tobacco.php
China Defends Quality of Food Exports
Associated Press (via the Wall Street Journal), August 30, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118837670875412053.html?
mod=hps_asia_whats_news
Rural Issues
To China’s Migrants: Stay West, Young Man
The Christian Science Monitor, August 30, 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0830/p04s01-woap.html